Ireland currently ranks as the sixth ‘most-digital’ economy in the EU. Last week’s Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Summit provided an overview of where we are now, and where AI can take us in the future, writes Róisín Kiberd

A River in the Trees alternates between the story of Hannah O’Donovan, a 19-year-old living in west Cork during the War of Independence, and Ellen, a 38-year-old living in modern-day London who has returned to Ireland with her life quietly falling apart

Academics, executives, chief technical officers, politicians and climate change experts came together at the National Power Summit to discuss what needs to be done now to secure a better future. Róisín Kiberd reports